Mazda RX7 Book: The Complete History, Legend & Tuning Potential

The Mazda RX7 did what no other car in the JDM Legends Series did — built its whole legend on a rotary engine almost nobody else in the industry was willing to commit to. Our new book, Mazda RX7: The Complete History, Legend & Tuning Potential, is out now on Amazon in Kindle and print, and it's built around exactly why that gamble paid off.

What's Inside

You get the full story of why Mazda stuck with the Wankel rotary long after everyone else walked away, how the 13B-REW became a tuning platform unlike anything else in this series, and why rotary tuning is its own discipline with its own community of specialists who speak a completely different mechanical language to everyone else. We cover the FD3S's design — how the rotary's compact dimensions shaped one of the best-handling chassis of its era — and we're honest about the maintenance realities that come with rotary ownership, because you need to know that before you buy one, not after.

It's the same depth we bring to the rest of the JDM Legends Series — the Skyline, Supra and NSX all built their reputations on conventional piston engines pushed to extremes — the RX7 got there a completely different way, and this book explains how.

Why You Want This One

Rotary ownership isn't for everyone, and buying an RX7 without understanding apex seals, compression testing, and what a genuine rotary specialist looks for is how people end up with expensive problems. This book gives you the engineering knowledge and the buying confidence in one place — and if you want the wider scene this car sits in, pair it with our Japanese car culture book.

Get Your Copy

Mazda RX7: The Complete History, Legend & Tuning Potential is available now on Amazon in Kindle and print — part of the JDM & Japanese Car Culture Book Series. Explore the rest of the series and more from Stance Auto Magazine at stanceauto.co.uk.

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